Union of the Democratic Center of Greece

The Union of the Democratic Center (EDIK) was a centrist political party in Greece that was active from 1976 to 2012. The party was founded as the successor of the Center Union, but its founder George Mavros would later join the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK), and his successor Ioannis Zidgis adopted more social democratic positions. PASOK soon surpassed EDIK as the country's second-largest party as the country's politics shifted to the left, and the party was shut out of parliament in 1981. In 1985, EDIK and PASOK officially cooperated. From 1998 to 2011, EDIK operated mostly as a forum of political analysis and public, ideological debates. In 2012, the party merged into Syriza.